A Trump extremist named @MikeGarcia2020 won the special election for congress in my district this week.

The Democrat @ChristyforCA25 lost.

Here’s who else lost ...

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Americans who want honest, sane leadership lost.

Trump won. His fanatics won.
Bigotry won in #CA25. Equality lost.

@MikeGarcia2020 thinks LGBTQ people don’t deserve protection from discrimination, but believes discriminators DO deserve protection.

Now he’s a congressman.
Our district was the site of the Saugus school shooting this year. Two students and the teenage gunman died.

@MikeGarcia2020 opposes all gun regulation (except “significant military equipment” like tanks and missiles.)

Gun radicals won in #CA25. Common sense lost.
People who believe in the rule of law, functioning government, and accountability lost.

@MikeGarcia2020 won. Corruption, crookedness and failure won.
@MikeGarcia2020 won in #CA25.

Disabled people on Medicaid lost.

Seniors who rely on Medicare coverage lost.

Struggling families who need food stamps lost.

Garcia wants to slash all of those: “Everyone should figure out how to fend for themselves.”
Conspiracy theorists and Q-anon lunatics and other wackos won in #CA25.

@MikeGarcia2020 spread the deranged lie that California’s recent elections were fraudulent.

Another debunked falsehood, but people here believed him: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/05/599868312/fact-check-trump-repeats-voter-fraud-claim-about-california
Covid “truthers” won in #CA25.

Science and common sense lost.

https://twitter.com/natibeeeee/status/1259120307316551680?s=21 https://twitter.com/NatiBeeeee/status/1259120307316551680
Patriotism and unity lost in #CA25.

The guy who won said "liberals" are "rooting for the bad guys in the Middle East because they hate our Commander in Chief so much."

Now he’s a congressman. Sorry, America. Truly.
@MikeGarcia2020 won in #CA25.

Separated families in America's detention camps lost.

Kids in cages lost.

DACA "Dreamers" lost.

Hardworking immigrants who deserve a pathway to citizenship (as Garcia's own family had decades ago) also lost.
It’s important to take stock of what we have lost.

Honest. Patriotism. Fairness. Equality. Compassion.

These things lost in #CA25.

@MikeGarcia2020 won.

This man, who has caused so much suffering and chaos, won.
We have another chance to set things right in #CA25 this November.

Here’s hoping that the good guys win that time.

Here’s to @ChristyforCA25 🇺🇸❤️
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